The Agriculture Course

Rudolf Steiner

(Given in 1924; Bn 327; GA 327; CW 327)

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With these talks, Steiner created and launched ‘biodynamic‘
farming — a specific form of agriculture which has come to be
regarded as ‘premium organic‘. However, the agriculture
Steiner speaks of in this book is much more than organic, and involves
working with the cosmos, earth, and spiritual entities. To facilitate
this, Steiner prescribes specific ‘preparations‘ for the
soil, as well as other distinct methods born from his profound
understanding of the material as well as spiritual worlds. He presents
a comprehensive picture of the complex dynamic relationships at work
in nature and gives basic indications of the practical measures which
are necessary for bringing them into full play.

GA 327 ... Selections ...

These lectures are reproduced here in the ‘classic’
translation made by Rudolf Steiner's English interpreter George Adams.
This edition also features a Preface by Steiner's colleague the medical
doctor Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, as well as eight colour plates.
This edition was translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the
lecturer.

These lectures are reproduced here in a first English translation edited by
Dr. Guenther Wachsmuth. This edition also features a Preface by Steiner's
colleague, the good doctor Guenther Wachsmuth, as well as facsimile
representations of the blackboard drawings made by Rudolf Steiner.
This edition was translated from shorthand reports unrevised by the
lecturer and presented here with the kind permission of the
Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.